College basketball:Mt. St. Mary's glides to NCAAs

Rashad Whack scored 20 points and four of his teammates finished in double figures and Mount St. Mary's clinched an NCAA tournament berth with an 88-71 victory against Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference title game Tuesday night in Moon Township, Penn.

The fourth-seeded Mountaineers (16-16) built a 20-point first-half lead and never looked back, shooting 60.4 percent from the field to win their fourth conference title in school history and first since 2008.

Robert Morris (21-13) never led and could not pull closer than 10 in the second half.

MILWAUKEE 69, WRIGHT STATE 63 (at Dayton, Ohio) — Senior forward Kyle Kelm had a double-double and the Panthers led the whole way in the Horizon League final.

Kelm had 20 points and nine rebounds and Milwaukee went 9-of-18 from beyond the arc.

Milwaukee (21-13) is back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006,.

NORTH DAKOTA ST. 60, IPFW 57 (at Sioux Falls, S.D.) — TrayVonn Wright had 19 points as the Bison won the Summit League title.

COLEY HITS 3,000: Florida International's Jerica Coley (3,012 points) become the 10th player in NCAA Division I women's history to reach 3,000 points, scoring 20 in a 85-65 win over Rice in the first round of the Conference USA tournament.